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African Swine Fever (ASF)

- It is a highly contagious and fatal animal disease. It infects domestic and wild pigs, resulting in hemorrhagic fever.

 - first detected in Africa in the 1920s.

- mortality is close to 100%(reason - No Cure)

- spreading can only be stopped by culling the animals.

- not a threat to humans as it only spreads from animals to other animals.

News - 2,800 pigs have died in Assam since February due to the virus

#2MinRead  #Economy_Current 

SARFAESI Act 2002

- An effective tool for recovery of bad loans (like NPA).

- allows banks and other financial institution to auction residential or commercial properties (of Defaulter) to recover loans.

- Provides for setting up of asset reconstruction companies (ARCs) and asset securitization companies (SCs) to deal with NPAs.

- Provides the legal framework for securitization activities in India.

- law does not apply to unsecured loans, loans below ₹100,000 or where remaining debt is below 20% of the original principal.

News - Supreme Court Verdict : Co-operative Banks come under the SARFAESI Act and Parliament has legislative competence to provide procedures for recovery of loans under the Sarfaesi Act.

#Economy_Basics #PT2020  

Securitization
Its conversion of an asset(like Loan), into marketable securities for raising cash by selling them.

Asset Reconstruction 
Its buying of bad loans/ NPAs by a Company from banks and financial institutions(FIs), so that banks/FIs could make recovery of their bad loan

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LaCONES
(Laboratory for the Conservation Of Endangered Species)

- @Hyderabad - under CSIR's Center for Cellular and Molecular Biology (CCMB)

- It is India's only facility for conservation of endangered species using modern biotechnology

News - Recently, LaCONES has helped 
Amrabad Tiger Reserve (Telangana), to restore the population of Mouse Deer.

#1MinRead #Govt_Initiative

Surakshit Dada-Dadi & Nana-Nani Abhiyan

- Launched by NITI Ayog with Piramal Foundation, on 5 May 2020

- ensure the wellbeing of the senior citizens amidst CoVID-19 pandemic.

- targets to reach 2.9 million senior citizens spread in 25 Aspirational Districts (Jharkhand, Bihar, Assam, Madhya)

- It focuses on behaviour change, access to services, early detection & tracking of COVID19 symptoms.

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Aspirational Districts Programme

- Districts that are affected by poor socio-economic factors.

- 115 districts are identified from 28 states 

- programme focuses on 5 major areas - Education, Health and Nutrition, Financial Inclusion, Agriculture and Water Resources and Skill Development.

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GARUD Portal:
- launched by DGCA to fast-track exemptions of coronavirus-related drone operations.

Operation Samudra Setu
- Launched by Indian Navy to repatriate Indian citizens from overseas.

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#1MinRead #Prelims_tricks #PT2020

8 Core Industries of India  = CCC FRENS

         C- Coal

         C- Crude Oil

         C- Cement

         F- Fertilizers

         R- Refinery Products

         E- Electricity

         N- Natural Gas

         S- Steel

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Indian states sharing border with Bhutan = SAAB

Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, Assam, west Bengal


Indian states sharing border with Myanmar =  ARUNA MAMI

       ARUNAchal, NAgaland, MAnipur , MIzoram

#1MinRead #Prelims_tricks

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#1Liners_InNews  #PT2020 

Arktika-M satellite
- To be Launched by Russia to monitor the Arctic climate and environment.
- remote-sensing and emergency communications satellite

Pooram Festival
Kerala's annual festival, celebrations are dedicated to goddesses Durga. 

Toman 
- Iran’s new Currency, would replace Rial.

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Styrene gas

News - May 7, 2020, styrene gas leaked from LG Polymers plant near Visakhapatnam and killed many lives.

- Highly poisonous and flammable gas 

- used in the manufacturing of polystyrene plastics, fiberglass, rubber, and latex.

- It's also found in vehicle exhaust, cigarette smoke, natural foods(fruits and vegetables)

Health impact - due to Exposure

- respiratory problems, irritation in the eyes, irritation in the mucous membrane, and gastrointestinal issues.

- In Long term, It could also lead to cancer and depression in some cases.qq

#Prelims_tricks #PT2020

Members of Mekong-Ganga Cooperation = LIMCa TV

           L- Laos
           I- India
          M- Myanmar
         Ca- Cambodia (not China, Pay attention)

         T- Thailand
         V- Vietnam

#Prelims_tricks #PT2020

Countries around Baltic Sea

One day in the midst of Baltic Sea, RuDe Germany SELL Poland & Finland :

     RuDe Germany SELL Poland & Finland :

        Ru- Russia
        De- Denmark

        Germany

        S- Sweden
        E- Estonia
        L- Latvia
        L- Lithuania

        Poland
        Finland

#IR_OrgInNews #1MinRead #PT2020

Mekong–Ganga Cooperation (MGC) 

- established in 2000, at Vientiane, Laos (at First MGC Ministerial Meeting)

 - Member countries - 6
India, Thailand, Myanmar, Cambodia, Laos and Vietnam.

- Areas of Cooperation - tourism, culture, education, and transportation. 

- Name comes from the Ganga and the Mekong, two large rivers in the region.

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Resistance Front (TRF)

- A terror organization who is responsibility for the recent attack on Army in J&K.

Vande Bharat Mission

- Government evacuation exercises to bring home nearly 14,800 Indian nationals stranded abroad due to the Corona virus lockdown. (From May 7 to May 14).

#1MinRead  #SnT_Currents 

NSafe

- an antimicrobial and washable face mask, (recently developed amidst CoVID 19 Crisis).

- Launched by IIT Delhi startup ‘Nanosafe Solutions’

- Its  reusable up to 50 launderings, thus greatly reduces the cost of use. 

- has 99.2% bacterial filtration efficiency

#1MinRead #SnT_Currents #PT2020